It may sound like a broken gramophone record for us to continue lamenting the absence of the chief information commissioner and two information commissioners in Bangladesh since September 2024, following the political transition after the July uprising.

It was interesting to follow recent discussions surrounding the proposed or likely developments in merging some departments at Dhaka University as well as making traditional humanities departments like Bangla, History, and Philosophy redundant in honours programmes under the National University.

On a recent visit to Chattogram, I met a young man who had completed a four-year diploma in mechanical technology.

The global trading system has been experiencing significant transformation since the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995.

Over the years, Dhaka has gained notoriety for the severe gridlock affecting the lives of commuters.

The FY2026-27 national budget identifies agriculture as one of its 10 strategic priorities.

In 2026, the latest labour force data available on the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) website is from 2024.

As heavy monsoon rains once again leave large parts of Bangladesh underwater, the familiar scenes of waterlogging have left many wondering why our cities continue to fail despite massive investments in drainage infrastructure.

A political outsider only a decade ago, Farage transformed British politics through his relentless focus on immigration

On the night when Argentina played Egypt last week, 38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver Shariful Islam was watching the match at a roadside tea stall in Cumilla as Lionel Messi missed a penalty.

Recently, The Daily Star published an article titled “Why Bangladesh’s children are in school but not learning”, written by John Richards and Shahidul Islam, who cited data showing a sharp decline in enrolment in government schools and evidence from national and international assessments that many children complete primary education without acquiring foundational literacy and numeracy skills.

There is a peculiar danger in public-health success: the better a system works, the easier it becomes to take it for granted. Bangladesh’s measles outbreak is demonstrating that paradox brutally.

A record-breaking Tk 51,746 crore budget allocation for climate-relevant interventions, marking a 26 percent surge from the previous fiscal year, seems like an unmitigated triumph for a nation on the frontlines of environmental precarity, until one looks closely at where the money actually goes.

Australia’s decision to ban social media for children under 16 has struck a chord with anxious parents around the world. The concerns of parents are real.

We live it every day, and Dhaka’s unliveability is simply undeniable.

A law that exempts the region where that weapon is doing the most damage is not protecting the environment. It is choosing, deliberately, where the law’s protection will end.

The most dangerous misuse of a justice system begins with the filing of a complaint that should never have entered the system in the first place—a problem that now confronts the International Crimes Tribunal.

This year’s monsoon season has already turned deadly.

Bangladesh is now home to more than 17.5 crore people. Roughly one in four is 15-29 years of age, a cohort of around 4.7 crore, larger than the population of many countries.

The performative presence of two superpowers in the precincts of Bangladesh’s national parliament has added some twists in the country’s political plot.